Aria’s POV
I could feel it.
My bump wasn’t visible yet, but something deep within me was shifting. A heartbeat that didn’t belong to me. A soft flutter in my lower abdomen. A presence I couldn’t ignore. This baby, my baby, he or she was growing inside me, and somehow, even in all the chaos, I felt grounded by it.
A soft sigh escaped my lips as I stared out the window. The afternoon sun filtered through the curtains, warming my skin. A small part of me wanted to believe this child would bring light into all the darkness that had consumed our lives lately.
But how?
How was I supposed to bring a baby into a world that had done nothing but rip Kael and me apart?
He had been shot, kidn*pped, and brainwashed. His memories were stolen. His heart was confused. Now he walked around like a str
